Southern Numic languages | Britannica (original) (raw)

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Great Basin Indians

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  In Great Basin Indian: Language
  Southern Numic languages are spoken by the Kawaiisu and a number of Ute and Southern Paiute groups including the Chemehuevi. The distinction between Southern Paiute and Ute is cultural rather than linguistic; Ute speakers who had horses in the early historic period are regarded as…
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Numic languages

• In Numic languages
  …(or Shoshoni-Goshiute), and Comanche; and Southern Numic, including Kawaiisu, Ute and Chemehuevi, and Southern Paiute. Numic represents the northernmost extension of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Together with Tubatulabal, the Takic languages, and Hopi, the Numic languages form the Northern division of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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